[HP] Liar

Chap.24

Viola could swear it—the few days in the hospital wing were definitely the darkest hours of her life!

At the beginning, she completely underestimated the side effects of Bone Spirit. She thought that after taking the potion, she could just lie on the bed obediently and wait for recovery.Unexpectedly, before she could rest quietly for 5 minutes, a burst of tearing pain quickly came from her calf.

Viola bit her lower lip, trying not to scream.

However, Madam Pomfrey who was sitting on the side felt very indifferent about this.She glanced at Viola without emotion, and then said in a calm tone: "This is normal, child, after all, the Bone Spirit is now trying to make your bones grow back."

Let the bones grow back?

This statement was enough to make Viola feel horrified.

And when Viola stayed in the medical wing for three full days with complicated emotions, Madam Pomfrey finally agreed to let her go back to class.

"You missed a lot of courses." Viola had just returned to the dormitory, and Nancy couldn't help but say with a sympathetic tone, "You know, after a month of school, the content has begun to become more and more serious. It's getting harder.

But Viola just shrugged her shoulders casually after hearing this, and replied: "It doesn't matter, I just want to pass."

Nancy didn't say anything more this time, but Viola could tell from the expression on her face that she didn't really agree with Viola's careless attitude towards studying.

During the few days when Viola was recuperating in the medical wing, several interesting things happened at Hogwarts.And the one that attracted the most attention was the ball held by Professor Slughorn.

"Did you know that Roger Davis invited Nancy to be his dance partner... oh, that's Professor Slughorn's dance." In the morning, Sophia Harris unexpectedly came to Viola's Beside him, he said to Viola with a meaningful smile on his face.

Viola nodded slightly, but her eyes were still focused on the fried bacon in front of her, "I know, Nancy told me last night."

"Will you go to that ball?" Sophia asked with a wink.

Viola gave her an odd look, and replied, "No, of course not. Professor Slughorn didn't give me an invitation."

This is not surprising, for an ordinary student like her who stays in school every day, it is strange that Professor Slughorn would give her an invitation letter.

"...Oh, that's how it is, what a pity." Sophia's tone seemed to have a trace of regret, "Then, you are the only one of us who can't go to that ball."

Viola suddenly put down the knife and fork in her hand, and looked at Sophia with disbelief in her eyes.

"I was also invited, and the person who invited me was Smith of Hufflepuff - he is a player of the Hufflepuff team." Sophia said with some pride, "This is not what I expected, even if Smith didn't invite me, and I figured some other boys in our house would invite me."

Viola gave a slightly perfunctory "Oh" and didn't answer immediately.

"But the thing that shocked me the most was Lovegood's partner!" Sophia covered her mouth with her hand, deliberately showing a look of surprise, "Can you guess who her partner is? I I can assure you that you would never have guessed - it was Harry Potter!"

In fact, Sophia said nothing wrong, because Viola knew that Harry had indeed invited Luna as his dance partner.Luna seemed to be very happy about this. On the night when she learned the news, she had already returned to her dormitory and was excitedly concentrating on choosing a dress for the prom.

"Harry should take this prom very seriously, and I saw him even dye his eyebrows for this prom." Luna told Viola, "So I wonder if I should do the same as him and put one of them Eyebrows dyed gold?"

Viola closed her eyes and imagined how Luna dyed her eyebrows golden, and finally shook her head cautiously.

"No, I think you're fine as you are now," she said sincerely.

In the end, Luna chose a champagne dress trimmed with silver sequins that matched her hair color.And Sophia and Nancy were also busy with the upcoming dance, and only Viola sat on the bed with nothing to do in a daze.

For some reason, she somehow thought of Draco Malfoy at this moment.Had Malfoy received an invitation from Professor Slughorn?If he did, who would he invite as his dance partner?

But just as this question popped up in Viola's mind, she couldn't help shaking her head in a self-deprecating way, feeling that her idea was both boring and ridiculous.If Malfoy was invited, he would definitely let his girlfriend, Pansy Parkinson, attend the ball as his partner.There is no doubt about it.

And why...she felt a little sad about it?

It's just that Viola didn't expect at that time that she would run into Pansy Parkinson again so soon.

The brooch on the chest that was cast with the "Iron Armor Protection" spell suddenly emitted a light blue light. Viola pulled out her wand reflexively, and saw Pansy Parkinson who was also holding a wand like her. Standing in front of her, the attack spell she issued just now had been bounced off the wall of the castle by Viola's brooch.

Viola immediately pointed her wand at Parkinson, and asked sharply: "What do you want to do, Parkinson?!"

"What am I trying to do?" Pansy sneered, "You still have the nerve to ask me that question...you bloody Mudblood!"

Viola immediately recalled what happened in the bathroom a few days ago, and anger surged up from the bottom of her heart in an instant.Her eyes were fixed on Parkinson, and there was no fear on her face.

"I don't know why you did this, and I don't mean to offend you, Parkinson." Viola said loudly, "But if you continue to do such excessive things as you did in the bathroom last time, I will Nor would it—”

"Me? Excessive? How dare you say that, you mudblood trying to seduce Draco - you don't look in the mirror yourself! To tell you the truth - even if Draco broke up with me, he would never Would choose to be with someone like you—I know him! I know him better than anyone—"

Unexpectedly, when the atmosphere between Viola and Pansy gradually became tense, a third person suddenly appeared.

"Parkinson, you tried to use a spell to attack a classmate, five points will be deducted from Slytherin house!" Ernie McMillan of Hufflepuff said this, and quickly glanced at the angry Parkinson, "And if you continue to make outrageous actions in the future, what I have to do is not just deducting points—"

"Just you? A Hufflepuff!" Pansy Parkinson couldn't help shouting, "What qualifications do you have—"

"Please note, it's a Hufflepuff prefect." Ernie raised his head and calmly corrected, "You know, our headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, did give me the right to deduct points when appropriate. .”

Pansy blinked her eyes. She carefully observed the expressions on Ernie and Viola's faces, and soon realized something, and her hazel eyes couldn't stop showing contempt.

"Ah—I see." She said, looking at Viola with disdain, "A mudblood can make two pure-blood boys stand up for her, Clearwater, I think most of the Hogwarts Everyone underestimated you!"

"Please pay attention, Parkinson. If you continue to say such insulting words to Viola, I also don't mind deducting five points from your college."

"..." Pansy had no choice but to hang down the wand in his hand reluctantly this time, and at the same time glared at Ernie angrily, "If I were you, McMillan - I would check this dirty and ugly Mudblood Did you secretly use the love potion!"

After finishing speaking, she didn't pay attention to the reactions of Ernie and Viola, but chose to turn around and leave quickly on her own.

Both Viola and Ernie stood still and watched her.

Finally, after a long time, Ernie sighed lightly as if relieved, then turned his head to look at Viola, and couldn't help asking: "Are you okay, Viola? She didn't hurt you?"

Viola shook her head: "No, she hasn't had time to do that yet."

"Why did Parkinson target you?" Ernie asked anxiously and worriedly, "I know she doesn't like wizards born in Muggle families, but I've never seen her do such a thing to Justin—"

"Because she thinks that I caused the breakup between Malfoy and her." Before Ernie could finish his sentence, Viola interrupted him helplessly, "That's why she wants to take revenge on me."

"Malfoy?" Ernie raised his eyebrows puzzled, "Why would she think that Malfoy and you—"

Viola didn't answer his question, but silently lowered her head to look at her toes, but she was thinking about other things in her mind.Parkinson said Malfoy broke up with her?When did it happen?Was it before that bathroom incident...or after?Behind this incident... Is there really a reason for her?

"Viola?" Seeing that Viola was distracted, Ernie couldn't help asking probingly.

"I'm fine." Viola raised her head again and said to him with a forced smile, "This little thing won't affect my mood at all, don't worry! It's not the first time I've encountered such bad luck It's over. Well, it's time for me to go to Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. Goodbye, McMillan!"

"Wait, Viola! Actually, I have something to ask you!" However, before Viola could really take a step, Ernie McMillan hurriedly interjected, his pale face suddenly There was a strange blush, and the whole person seemed embarrassed.

"Actually—actually, I was wondering—would you like to... er, be my partner at Professor Slughorn's ball?"